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Without having read any of the "x is dead" articles in question, I assume it's just a snowclone title used to draw in readers. "dead" simply means "less alive t
by philh 18y ago
Without having read any of the "x is dead" articles in question, I assume it's just a snowclone title used to draw in readers. "dead" simply means "less alive than (it used to be/some people think it is/it ought to be if it wants to grow stronger)".
Some of these articles will probably be worth reading, others will just be publicity grabbers. But that's orthogonal to the title.
- ilamont 18y agoSee http://www.paulgraham.com/microsoft.html http://www.paulgraham.com/microsoft.html and http://bit.ly/MRJ2S http://bit.ly/MRJ2S
- stcredzero 18y agoX is Dead. X Considered Harmful. Why X is the next Y. How X dies. Just in case anyone is still using X for Y X doesn't know Y, does something that sounds shocking X or Y concerning Lisp Is X a systemic risk? Any others? I wonder how the Y Combinator story generator would differ from the Slashdot one? http://www.bbspot.com/toys/slashtitle/index.html http://www.bbspot.com/toys/slashtitle/index.html